Nails serves to enhance precise delicate movements of the fingers through counter-pressure exerted on the pulp of the finger. It functions as a tool, enabling, for instance, a so-called “extended precision grip” (e.g. pulling out a splinter in one’s finger), and certain cutting or scraping actions. Fingernails and toenails are made of a tough protective…
‘Angina’ is one of the earlier symptoms of coronary or ischemic heart disease and is caused due to the fat deposition inside the coronary arteries, accumulation of fat causing hardening and narrowing the blood vessels, thus slowing the blood flow to the heart muscle and depriving it of the much-needed oxygen supply. Angina occurs especially…
Dengue fever, one of the most common diseases in India, is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Dengue is transmitted by several species of mosquito within the genus Aedes, principally A aegypti. The disease is transmitted by the bite of an Aedes mosquito infected with a dengue virus. The virus can result…